Walter Ray Allen ( born Walter Ray Allen ; born July 20, 1975 in Merced , California , USA ) - American professional basketball player , NBA record holder in the number of three-point shots realized [1] . He played for the clubs of the National Basketball Association " Milwaukee Bucks ", " Seattle Supersonics ", " Boston Celtics " and " Miami Heat ". He played the position of attacking defender. One of the best players of the association in jumps in a jump, a recognized expert in three-point shots (in 2001, won the three-point shots competition before the NBA All-Star Game ). In the 2002/03 season he received a prize for sports behavior of the NBA . In 2008, he became the champion of the NBA in the Boston Celtics , and in the 2012/13 season he took his second championship ring in the Miami Heat . February 10, 2011 bypassed Reggie Miller by the number of accurate three-point shots at the NBA , which had 2560. In total, Allen struck the ring in his career because of the three-point line 2973 times, which is an absolute record in the history of the NBA . Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame since 2018.
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| Position | Attacking defender |
| Nicknames | Ray-Ray, Jesus Shuttlesworth, Sugar Ray |
| Growth | 196 cm |
| Weight | 93 kg |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | July 20, 1975 (44 years) |
| Place of Birth | Merced , California , United States |
| School | Hillcrest ( Delzell , South Carolina ) |
| College | Connecticut (1993–1996) |
| NBA Draft | 5th (1st round), 1996 , Minnesota Timberwolves |
Biography
Early years
Allen was born in Merced , California . He played for the Hillcrest school team from Delzell ( South Carolina ) and led her to victory in the state championship. [2] Allen successfully performed on the University of Connecticut team from 1993 to 1996 . In 1995, Allen was later named the best American amateur basketball player and entered the symbolic US amateur team; he excelled at the Universiade in Fukuoka as a member of the US student team. In his last season in college, he was in the top five of the symbolic US amateur team and was named the best player at the Big East conference of the National University Sports Association .
NBA Career
Milwaukee Bucks (1996-2003)
On June 26, 1996, Allen was selected as number five on the NBA draft by the team of Minnesota Timberwolves and was immediately traded to Milwaukee Bucks . He made his debut in the NBA on November 1, 1996 in a match against Philadelphia , in which he scored 13 points in 26 minutes of the game. January 12, 1997 in the match against the Golden State Warriors showed one of the best results of the season, gaining 22 points, 6 assists, 3 steals and 9 rebounds. In the continuation of his successful debut in the league, on March 25, Allen scored 32 points against Phoenix Suns , thereby refreshing his personal record. Thanks to his outstanding results, Allen got into the 1996 NBA rookie squad at the end of the season. However, the most successful season of Allen for Milwaukee is the 2000-01 season , during which he won the three-point shots Contest during the Star Weekend and was selected for the third NBA All-Star Team . This season, he was the leader of the team that reached the Eastern Conference finals, where he lost in seven matches to the Philadelphia Seventsi Sixers , led by Allen Iverson .
Seattle Supersonics (2003–2007)
Ray Allen left Bucks in the middle of the 2002–03 season when he, along with Ronald Murray and Kevin Ollie, was traded to the Seattle Supersonics for Gary Payton , Desmond Mason and the pick of the first round of the draft .
Despite injuries in the 2003/2004 season , Allen, along with team - mate Rashard Lewis, was selected for the second national team of all NBA stars . Seattle could not make it to the playoffs, but in the 2004/2005 season , Supersonix was able to make the playoffs, and even made it to the second round, where they lost to the future champions, San Antonio Spurs .
During the pre-season of 2004, Allen conducted a brief war of words against Kobe Bryant , whom Allen accused of alienating teammates. Allen told the press that if the Lakers became a weak team, in a year or two he would scream to be helped or traded. When Kobi was asked to comment on this, he replied: "This is not even an insult."
At the end of the 2004/2005 season, Ray Allen extended the contract with Sonics for 5 years in the amount of $ 80 million. In the 2006/2007 season, Allen scored an average of 26.4 points, made 4.5 rebounds and gave 4.1 each assists for the game, updating personal record. During the Seattle game , Ray also achieved many other personal achievements. So, on March 12, 2006, Allen became the 97th player in the history of the NBA , who was able to score 15,000 points in a career in the NBA . On April 7, 2006, Ray came in second place in the number of accurate three-point shots, second only to Reggie Miller . On January 12, 2007, in the game against Utah , Ray scored a record 54 points, becoming the second player in points per game in Seattle history. Soon he suffered an ankle injury and was forced to miss the rest of the season.
Boston Celtics (2007-2012)
On June 28, 2007, Boston and Seattle made an exchange, as a result of which the Celts received Allen, Glen Davis , as well as the 35th draft pick of 2007 . Supersonics acquired Delonte West , Wally Scherbyak and Jeff Green . Soon, the Celts acquired Kevin Garnett , which resulted in the famous Big Trio: Kevin Garnett , Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.
On November 4, 2007, Ray scored 17,000 points in his career, scoring the decisive shot in the match against the Raptors . On February 13, 2008, NBA Commissioner David Stern chose Allen, to replace Caron Butler , to participate in the All-Star Game . Butler had a hip injury. Despite the fact that the MVP of the match became LeBron James , many agreed that Ray Allen deserved this title more since he made a great contribution to the victory of the East, gaining 14 points in the final quarter in 2 minutes 30 seconds. On March 28, 2008, Allen entered the top twenty of the best Bucks players in honor of the club’s fortieth anniversary, but Ray was unable to attend the ceremony because of the Celts vs Hornets .
The Celtics ended the season with 66-16 indicators, and won first place in the Eastern Conference . In the first round of the playoffs , the Celts defeated Atlanta in seven games. In the second, they overcame Cleveland , also in seven games. In the Eastern Conference finals, they met Detroit and outplayed the Pistons in six games. On June 12, 2008, in the first match of the final series against the Lakers, Allen spent all 48 minutes on the court, for which he scored 19 points and 9 rebounds. "Boston" made the most significant comeback, winning the match, losing 24 points in the course of the meeting. For 16.4 seconds before the end, Ray scored a three-pointer shot, thereby deciding the outcome of the match. In the sixth match, Allen scored 26 points, becoming one of the main creators of victory in the final .
On February 5, 2009, Allen became a member of the All-Star Game , thereby replacing point guard Jamir Nelson . It was Allen's ninth challenge at the NBA All-Star Game . Also in the match participated teammates Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett .
On February 22, 2009, Ray broke Larry Bird 's record for the number of accurate penalty hits in a row, Allen scored 72 free throws in a row. In the first round of the 2009 playoff against Chicago Bulls , the first game was hard for Allen and the Celtics lost 2 points, but in the second game Ray scored a decisive three-point shot at the end of normal time and finished the game with an impressive 30 points. In the 6th game, Allen scored 51 points, in the end , the Celtics won the series in 7 games. In the conference semifinals, Ray met with former teammate and co-captain of the Seattle Supersonix Rashard Lewis , but as rivals. After four games, with a score of 2-2 in the series, his most productive game was 22 points in the second winning match. As a result, the Boston Celtics lost in the series of seven matches and failed to defend the champion title .
On December 10, 2009, in the match against the Wizards , Ray scored 20,000 points for a career.
On June 6, 2010, in the second match of the NBA final series against Los Angeles Lakers, Ray Allen set a record for the number of scored three-point shots in the NBA Finals game , making 8 accurate hits from beyond the arc. In the same match, he broke the record of Michael Jordan and repeated the record of Scottie Pippen and Kenny Smith in the number of three-point shots realized in half of the game in the NBA final series, hitting the ring 7 times from long range in the first half of the game. However, despite the generally successful performance of the Celtics , in the final they still lost to the Lakers in seven meetings.
On July 1, 2010, Allen becomes a free agent , but a week later, on July 7, he signs a new two-year agreement with the Boston Celtics for $ 20 million.
February 11, 2011 in the match against Los Angeles Lakers Ray broke the record for the number of scored three-point shots for his career. The previous record (2560 successful shots) belonged to Reggie Miller . Also in the 2010–11 season, Allen was invited to the NBA All-Star Game for the tenth time in his career, where he participated in a three-point shots competition , but lost in the final to James Jones of the Miami Heat .
Miami Heat (2012-2014)
On July 11, 2012, Ray Allen officially signed a contract with Miami Heat for $ 3 million per season, rejecting the Celtics offer for $ 12 million. During his first season for Hit, he spent an average of 25.8 at the site minutes per game, gaining 10.9 points. On April 25, 2013, in the third game of the first round of the playoffs against Milwaukee, Allen scored his 322 three-point shot into the playoffs for his career, thereby breaking Reggie Miller 's record for the number of three-point shots realized in the playoff games for his career.
In the sixth game of the 2013 NBA final series against San Antonio Spurs , with the score in the series 3-2 and 95-92 in the game in favor of the Spurs, Ray Allen realized his most famous three-pointer shot in his career for 5.2 seconds before the end meeting Allen made the score in the game equal and saved Miami from defeat in the game and in the series. As a result, Miami Heath won the match in which, when the score was 101-100 in favor of Hit, Allen took the ball off Manu Ginobili for 1.9 seconds before the end of overtime and earned a foul. In the seventh match of the series "Hit" won with a score of 95-88, and Ray Allen became the two- time NBA champion .
In the 2013-14 season, Ray Allen took part in 73 games of the regular season , 9 of which went into the starting lineup, gaining an average of 9.6 points per game. In the playoff games, Allen scored 19 points in the fourth game of the conference semi-final against the Brooklyn Nets , and in the third game of the conference final against Indiana made 4 three-point hits in the fourth quarter, making the score in a 2-1 series. “Hit” beat “Pacers” in a series of six games and reached the league final , where they lost to “San Antonio” in five games.
Retirement
At the end of the 2013-14 season, Ray Allen becomes a free agent . He refuses to participate in the 2014-15 season and declares that he will be preparing for the next season . However, the return of Allen to the league was not followed, despite the fact that he himself repeatedly stated his desire to return to basketball. In July 2016, Allen negotiated with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks about a possible return, but they ended without result. November 1 of the same year, Ray Allen officially announced the end of his sports career.
Statistics
NBA Statistics
| Season | Team | Regular season | Playoff Series | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Mpg | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | GP | GS | Mpg | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | ||
| 1996/97 | Milwaukee | 82 | 81 | 30.9 | 43.0 | 39.3 | 82.3 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.4 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 1997/98 | Milwaukee | 82 | 82 | 40.1 | 42,8 | 36.4 | 87.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 19.5 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 1998/99 | Milwaukee | 50 | 50 | 34.4 | 45.0 | 35.6 | 90.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 17.1 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 53.2 | 47.4 | 61.5 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 22.3 |
| 1999/00 | Milwaukee | 82 | 82 | 37.4 | 45.5 | 42.3 | 88.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1,3 | 0.2 | 22.1 | five | five | 37.2 | 44.4 | 38.5 | 90.9 | 6,6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| 2000/01 | Milwaukee | 82 | 82 | 38.2 | 48.0 | 43.3 | 88,8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 22.0 | 18 | 18 | 42.7 | 47.7 | 47.9 | 91.9 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 1,3 | 0.6 | 25.1 |
| 2001/02 | Milwaukee | 69 | 68 | 36.6 | 46.2 | 43.4 | 87.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 1,3 | 0.3 | 21.8 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2002/03 | Milwaukee | 47 | 46 | 35.8 | 43.7 | 39.5 | 91.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 21.3 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2002/03 | Seattle | 29 | 29 | 41.3 | 44.1 | 35.1 | 92.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 24.5 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2003/04 | Seattle | 56 | 56 | 38.4 | 44.0 | 39.2 | 90.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1,3 | 0.2 | 23.0 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2004/05 | Seattle | 78 | 78 | 39.3 | 42,8 | 37,6 | 88.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 23.9 | eleven | eleven | 39.6 | 47.4 | 37,8 | 88.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1,3 | 0.4 | 26.5 |
| 2005/06 | Seattle | 78 | 78 | 38,8 | 45.4 | 41.2 | 90.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1,3 | 0.2 | 25.1 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2006/07 | Seattle | 55 | 55 | 40.3 | 43.8 | 37.2 | 90.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 26.4 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2007/08 | Boston | 73 | 73 | 35.9 | 44.5 | 39,8 | 90.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 17.4 | 26 | 26 | 38.0 | 42,8 | 39.6 | 91.3 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 15.6 |
| 2008/09 | Boston | 79 | 79 | 36.4 | 48.0 | 40.9 | 95.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 18.2 | 14 | 14 | 40.4 | 40.3 | 35.0 | 94.8 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 18.3 |
| 2009/10 | Boston | 80 | 80 | 35.2 | 47.7 | 36.3 | 91.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 16.3 | 24 | 24 | 38.5 | 43.1 | 38.6 | 86.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 16,1 |
| 2010/11 | Boston | 80 | 80 | 36.1 | 49.1 | 44.4 | 88.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 16.5 | 9 | 9 | 40.1 | 52.3 | 57.1 | 96.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 18.9 |
| 2011/12 | Boston | 46 | 42 | 34.0 | 45,8 | 45.3 | 91.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.2 | 18 | ten | 34.2 | 39.5 | 30.4 | 71.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.7 |
| 2012/13 | Miami | 79 | 0 | 25.8 | 44.9 | 41.9 | 88.6 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 23 | 0 | 24.9 | 43.0 | 40.6 | 87.0 | 2.8 | 1,3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.2 |
| 2013/14 | Miami | 73 | 9 | 26.5 | 44.2 | 37.5 | 90.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 20 | one | 26.4 | 41.3 | 38,8 | 91.9 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| Total | 1300 | 1150 | 35.6 | 45.2 | 40.0 | 89.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 18.9 | 171 | 121 | 35.5 | 44.3 | 40.1 | 88.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 16,1 | |
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Notes
Links
- Profile on NBA.com (eng.)